A 95th-minute equaliser from Gary McDonald denied Raith Rovers a shock victory against Aberdeen in their fifth-round tie. A brilliant first-half volley from the Rovers midfielder Iain Williamson looked to have won the tie at Stark's Park.

The First Division side, winners of the League Cup in 1994, appeared set to become the fifth Scottish Football League side to defeat the Dons in the past four seasons, but five minutes' added time proved to be the undoing of Raith, with the Dons' relentless pressure finally paying off when McDonald met a cross to force a replay.

Alan Gow marked his Hibernian debut with a superb solo goal as the Easter Road side cruised into the quarter-finals with a 5-1 victory over Montrose. Gow, on as a substitute, found the net with two minutes left, although the result was beyond doubt by then. Colin Nish scored twice in the first half while Derek Riordan and Abdessalam Benjelloun also found the target, and the Montrose midfielder Chris Hegarty had his moment of glory with a 25-yard consolation effort.

Dundee recovered from going behind to a 10th-minute Tam McManus goal to beat Ayr 2-1 with goals from Ben Hutcheson and a deflected shot from Lee Griffiths either side of half-time.

Liam Kelly scored his first two goals for Kilmarnock as Jimmy Calderwood's side booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Cup with a 3-0 win at home to InvernessCaley. Conor Sammon put the SPL side ahead with a cool finish over the goalkeeper Ryan Esson midway through the first half. He then set up Kelly to net from the edge of the area seven minutes later. The scorer doubled his tally just before the hour.

Gary Wood scored a hat-trick and Michael Gardyen got two as Ross County hammered Stirling Albion 9-0. County, who are second in the First Division, coasted into a three-goal advantage by half-time against the Second Division team.

A scrambled goal from David Goodwillie on the stroke of half-time was enough to send Dundee United through at the expense of Tayside rivals St Johnstone 1-0.

Lukas Jutkiewicz gave Motherwell victory against HamiltonAccies in the sole SPL fixture. Jutkiewicz bundled in his 10th goal of the season to continue the Steelmen's revival and keep their Lanarkshire rivals Hamilton at the bottom of the table.